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Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub

Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub

Henty, G. a.

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Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1542547024
ISBN13: 9781542547024
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 14 2017
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.41 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Excerpt from Through the Sikh War: A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub

Among the many wars by which, province by the Empire of India was won, few, if any, were more brilliant and hard fought than those which terminated in the annexa tion of the Punjaub. It is satisfactory to know that the conquest of the Sikhs - a brave and independent race - was not brought about by any of the intrigues which marred the brilliancy of some of our early conquests, or by greed for additional territory, but was the result of a wanton invasion ofthe states under our protection by the turbulent soldiery of the Punjaub, who believed themselves invincible, and embarked upon the conflict with a confident belief that they would make themselves masters of Delhi, if not drive us completely out of India. It was fortunate for Britain that the struggle was not delayed for a few years, and that there was time for the Punjaub to become well contented with our rule before the outbreak of the Mutiny; for bad the Punjaub declared against us at that critical period it would assuredly have turned the scale, and the work of conquering India must needs have been undertaken anew. I have endeavoured, while keeping my hero well in the foreground, to relate the whole of the leading incidents in the two Sikh wars.

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